The FAB Rainbow goal strategy is useful for helping children and families develop goals and plans for goal achievement. The child or family begins by drawing a star at the top of the rainbow by brain storming what they would choose if they could earn anything in the world. Next, they draw five separately colored […]
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The FAB Pressure Touch Strategies help reduce anxiety, increase communication, and improve behavior with children who have self-control, developmental, and sensory processing challenges. FAB Pressure Touch was developed by adapting and synthesizing evidence-based Massage Techniques, QST, Knickerbocker Sensory Integration strategies, Trager Body Work, and NDT touch strategies to meet the needs of children with developmental,
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Given the DSM-5 diagnosis of Autism Spectrum Disorder “ASD” as a single diagnosis with differing degrees of severity and a subcategory of restricted repetitive behaviors occupational, speech-language, and physical therapists are uniquely qualified to offer important diagnostic input. ASD is categorized as Level 1 requiring support, Level 2 requiring substantial support, and Level 3 requiring very substantial
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I’ve been getting several enquiries from therapists, parents, and teachers interested in taking my FAB (Functionally Alert Body) Strategies workshops. FAB Strategies offer evidence based transdisciplinary mindfulness, sensory processing, handling, behavioral, art, music, and activity strategies for children with behavioral, developmental, and sensory challenges. I would enjoy discussing setting up workshops with you and can
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FAB Sensory Quiet Area Log The FAB sensory calming area strategy improves self-control in individuals with behavioral, sensory, and developmental challenges. The FAB sensory calming area strategy integrates best practice sensory processing intervention and behavior modification theory by encouraging clients to use a designated area to modulate their arousal to a calm alert state when
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As a pediatric occupational therapist for 30 years, reading the American Academy of Pediatrics policy statement on sensory integration therapies for children with developmental and behavioral disorders (American Academy of Pediatrics, 2012) impacted me deeply. My reaction is bests summarized by the movie title The Good, the Bad, and the Ugly. The Good is the
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FAB (Functionally Alert Behavior) STRATEGIES A clinically affective strategy for children with Autism who engage in repetitive self-injurious behavior is the FAB Reinforce Sensory Match Strategy. The FAB Reinforce Sensory Match Strategy involves replacing the automatic sensory reinforcement that encourages repetitive self-injurious behaviors with matched sensory activities, while also reinforcing the child for refraining from
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FAB (Functionally Alert Behavior) STRATEGIES A FAB Alternative to Sensory Diets FAB “Functionally Alert Behavior” Strategies provide a practical alternative to the use of a Sensory Diet. In my work as a full time occupational therapist with my own sensory processing challenges, I created FAB Strategies to quickly develop individualized strategies that improve self-regulation
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Ayres Sensory Integration describes PRAXIS as the process necessary during initial learning (functionally involved in learning tasks such as shoe tying, printing, cursive writing, keyboarding). Ayres described praxis as involving 3 components, any or all of which are difficult for children with praxis problems termed “dyspraxia”. Taking as an example building with playdoh, consider the
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It is important for all preschool and kindergarten children and elementary classes to provide music and movement breaks. Social skills are enhanced by playing songs like “Help” by the Beatles or “Respect” by Aretha Franklin, letting children dance, then asking them to draw.
